Railway rolling-stock.



N. H. BABSON. RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK.

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NATHANIEL H. BAIBSON, OF ROCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OFQNE-HALF TQ ALBERT F. PITT'EE, 0F BOCKPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY ROLLING STQCZK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed April 15, 1am. Serial No. 832,057.

TOaZZ whom it may concern: I Be it known that LNATHANIEL H. BAB- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockport, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Rolling-Stock, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in railway rolling stock and has relation more particularly to the supporting trucks therefor; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character wherein the wheels of the trucks have their flanges so related as to afford a convenient and effective means for preventing spreading of the rails of the track-way over which the car travels.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts whereby certain important advantages are attained and the invention is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more'convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is an elevational view of a car, containing an embodiment of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view in plan of the wheels as arranged in the present form of my invention.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1-1 denote the rails of a track-way and 2 a car of a conventional type including at its opposite ends the four-wheeled trucks 3-3.

Each of the wheels 1 on the outer shaft or axle of each of the trucks has its flange disposed at its outer face so that the same will engage the outer portion of the tread of the rail,-while the flange 5 of each of the wheels 6 of the inner shaft of such trucks is reversely related in order to engage the inner side of the tread of the rail in a conventional manner. It is thought to be obvi ous by this reverse arrangement of the flanges of the wheels of the trucks that a convenient and effective means is provided whereby the rails 1 are prevented from spreading and thus substantially obviating 'the possibility of accidents which occur with great frequence from such spreading of the rails of a track-way.

In addition to the end trucks 3, I find it of advantage to provide the car body '2 intermediate its length and at substantially its longitudinal center with a two-wheeled truck 7, the flanges 8 of the wheels 9 thereof being arranged, as is now generall done, so that such flanges may engage the inner side of the rails 1.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a device constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and com arativel inexpensive nature and is particu arly we'l adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be employed and by reason of the eflectiveness with which it performs its functions, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice.

I claim:

1. A railway car comprising a body, four wheeled trucks adjacent the opposite ends of the body and on which such body rests,- flanged wheels carried by each of the trucks, the flan es of the wheels on each of the shafts o the trucks being reversely related, a two-wheeled truck positioned intermediately of the four-wheeled trucks, and flanged wheels operatively carried by such intermediate truck, the flanges of such wheels being disposed similarly to the flanges on the adjacent wheels of the four-wheeled trucks.

- the forward wheels of the trucks bein 2. A railway car comprising a. body,- four wheeled trucks positioned ad1acent the o positeen'de of such body and on which sue I body is supported,. and flanged wheelsj can 5 ried by each of such trucks,- the flanges of g arranged to en age the outer sidegof the tread v of t e mile 0 a traekrwa y, while the flanges NATHANIEL H. BABSON. Witnesses ALBERT F. PI'I'IEE, EMMA R. BABBON. 

